Junior Sourcing Representative (Europe)

Location: 100% Remote, based in Europe (Italy, Spain or Portugal preferred)
Timezone / Hours: EU business hours, with the flexibility to work with a global team across time zones
Engagement Type: Full-Time Independent Contractor
Level: Junior

🚀 The Vision: Building the Operating System for Product Creation

Since 2013, THE/STUDIO has been building the definitive operating system for product creation. We are combining modern SaaS technology with custom manufacturing to make producing physical goods as seamless, fast, and scalable as launching software.

We operate two core platforms: Customize Now(our best-in-class, on-demand manufacturing platform) and Source Anything (our new SaaS product that enables customers to seamlessly work with global factories beyond our own network).

We are a profitable, previously Silicon Valley-backed, fully remote company, and we are not just looking to improve manufacturing, we are looking for a visionary operator to help us truly revolutionize the global supply chain.

💻 The Role

We’re looking for a hard-working Junior Sourcing Representative to build and work our factory network across Europe, including European factories of US companies. Candidates from Italy, Spain and Portugal are our priority, given how big manufacturing is there. You’ll match customer requests to the right factory, get them quoted, and follow up until every quote is in.

This is a junior, hands-on role, not a sourcing manager or supply chain strategy role. You’ll do what the rest of our sourcing team does every day: find factories, call them, follow up and get results.

Why This Role Is Exciting:

• Direct Access to Leadership: You will have the opportunity to work directly with our CEO and executive team, giving you high visibility, direct mentorship, and a seat at the table.

• Product & Strategic Influence: We operate with flat hierarchies. Your daily insights from the ground level will directly shape our product roadmap, workflows, and company strategy.

• Rapid Scale & Career Trajectory: We are growing rapidly. Joining us right now means high autonomy, minimal red tape, and massive room for personal and professional acceleration.

🎯 What You’ll Do

• Find and vet factories: Identify manufacturers across Europe that fit each request, across apparel, leather goods, footwear, accessories, textiles and packaging. Check what they make, their MOQs and their lead times.

• Assign RFQs: Send requests for quotes to the right factories through our internal platform.

• Follow up until it’s done: Phone, email and WhatsApp until every factory has quoted on time. Factories rarely answer the first message, so chasing is a big part of this job.

• Onboard factories: Guide new factories through signing up on our platform, and upload quotes for them when needed.

• Meet SLA targets: Make sure quotes come back within our service deadlines.

• Keep records: Keep factory status, quotes and escalations up to date in our tracking tools.

• Grow your network: Build a reliable list of European factories that keeps growing every month.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with our global sourcing, sales and operations teams to keep every request moving.

💡 The Profile We’re Looking For (Our Core Pillars)

Our Founder/CEO defines our top performers by three distinct traits. If this describes how you operate, you will thrive here:

1. Raw Intelligence & Problem-Solving: High processing power, business acumen, and logical reasoning. You can think on your feet, connect complex ideas, and break down ambiguous problems quickly.

2. "Give a Shit" Energy (Extreme Ownership): You take 100% accountability for your domain and outcomes. You don't make excuses or blame external factors. You look inward, find solutions, and push across the finish line.

3. Rapid Adaptation & Radical Candor: You embrace blunt, constructive feedback and pivot instantly without ego. You excel in a fast-moving environment where you need to act with urgency without waiting for hand-holding.

Requirements:

• Location: Based in Europe. Italy, Spain or Portugal preferred

• Languages: Fluent in Italian, Spanish or Portuguese, plus working-level English (B2 or above)

• Experience: 1–3 years in manufacturing: for example factory production, sourcing, purchasing, merchandising, export sales or supply chain coordination

• Factory contact: Direct contact with factories or suppliers in your current or past roles

• Hard-working: Persistent and comfortable making many calls and follow-ups every day

• Organised: Able to handle many requests and deadlines at once

• Communication: Clear, professional communication in English (B2 or above) with factories and our global team.

• Independent Contractor Mindset: Highly disciplined, self-motivated, and comfortable operating as a full-time, dedicated independent contractor in a 100% remote setting.

• Remote Infrastructure: Reliable setup including a fast computer, noise-canceling headset, and a rock-solid, stable internet connection.

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of a manufacturing district, e.g. Italian leather goods and textiles, Portuguese textiles and footwear, Spanish footwear and packaging

• A second language from Italian, Spanish or Portuguese

• Experience with RFQ systems, B2B marketplaces or a CRM

This is not the right role if you’re a senior sourcing or procurement manager, or looking for a role managing a team.

💰 Compensation & Terms

• Base: Depending on experience. This is a junior role, monthly comp starts at 1000 EUR.

• Engagement Type: Full-time, exclusive independent contractor role.

🔎 Our Hiring Process

1. Submit Application: IMPORTANT! Please submit your resume/CV in English

2. Initial Screening

3. Hiring Manager Interview: Your factory experience, how you follow up, and how you handle deadlines.

4. Case Study: A practical sourcing task: find and approach factories for a real-style request.

5. Final Executive Interview: Conversation with key team members. (If applicable for the role)

6. Reference Checks: Verification of past performance with former leaders and CEOs.

Note that every role is different, so the process may vary depending on the requirements of the role. Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to provide feedback to all applications.

THE/STUDIO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture free from discrimination.

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